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1.	Zhang, Chengji, et al. (författare) Lithium superoxide-based high rate Li-Air batteries enabled by Di-iridium sulfur bridge active sites 2023 Ingår i: Energy Storage Materials. - 2405-8289 .- 2405-8297. ; 60 Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract Li-oxygen (Li-O2) batteries can potentially provide much higher energy density than Li-ion batteries; however, the practical application of these batteries is hindered due to several drawbacks such as low current rates and high overpotential for the charging process. In this paper, we report a novel Li-Air battery system that operates under high current rates (up to 1mAcm  2) with LiO2 as the primary discharge product instead of the commonly reported Li2O2. This LiO2 based battery at high rates is through a combination of an as-synthesized new onedimensional (1D) transition metal trichalcogenide mid-entropy alloy of SnIrS3.6 as a cathode catalyst and an electrolyte blend with a SnI2 bi-functional additive. It is revealed that SnIrS3.6 has a microporous structure composed of six- and five-coordinated metal atoms, forming octahedral and triangular bipyramids which has not been observed in other layered chalcogeide materials. DFT calculations reveal that the SnIrS3.6 structure can result in LiO2 formation through di-iridium sulfur bridge active sites that results in strong binding of O2 and LiO2 preventing disproportionation to Li2O2 and enabling high rates. This finding will open a new perspective in designing advanced LiO2-based Li-O2 batteries for real practices.

Zhang, Chengji, et al. (författare)
Lithium superoxide-based high rate Li-Air batteries enabled by Di-iridium sulfur bridge active sites
2023
Ingår i: Energy Storage Materials. - 2405-8289 .- 2405-8297. ; 60
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Li-oxygen (Li-O2) batteries can potentially provide much higher energy density than Li-ion batteries; however, the practical application of these batteries is hindered due to several drawbacks such as low current rates and high overpotential for the charging process. In this paper, we report a novel Li-Air battery system that operates under high current rates (up to 1mAcm  2) with LiO2 as the primary discharge product instead of the commonly reported Li2O2. This LiO2 based battery at high rates is through a combination of an as-synthesized new onedimensional (1D) transition metal trichalcogenide mid-entropy alloy of SnIrS3.6 as a cathode catalyst and an electrolyte blend with a SnI2 bi-functional additive. It is revealed that SnIrS3.6 has a microporous structure composed of six- and five-coordinated metal atoms, forming octahedral and triangular bipyramids which has not been observed in other layered chalcogeide materials. DFT calculations reveal that the SnIrS3.6 structure can result in LiO2 formation through di-iridium sulfur bridge active sites that results in strong binding of O2 and LiO2 preventing disproportionation to Li2O2 and enabling high rates. This finding will open a new perspective in designing advanced LiO2-based Li-O2 batteries for real practices.

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